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...just another blog of 10,000 random thoughts, theories & questions...Wed, 05 May 2010 04:52:24 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/Comment on Herstory. by Tea Doughhttps://teadough.wordpress.com/2010/05/04/herstory/#comment-14
Wed, 05 May 2010 04:52:24 +0000http://teadough.wordpress.com/?p=648#comment-14miki, thank you so much for your kind words. i don’t remember if you ever met my mom before leaving for japan. if you haven’t, you definitely should when you come back to the states to visit! miss you much my friend and hope all is well in japan! 🙂
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Wed, 05 May 2010 04:12:49 +0000http://teadough.wordpress.com/?p=648#comment-13this is an amazing story. i am so happy you got to do that with your mother, theresa.

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Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:37:29 +0000http://teadough.wordpress.com/?p=275#comment-8How did you do in group or solo presentations in school? I have no qualms about talking in front of a crowd, but my presentations grew worse and worse the older I got. Even if I had note cards or an outline with a simple “Don’t forget to talk about this, and then that, and then end with the other thing,” the brain-vocal-chords-tongue-mouth connection just fizzled…and I’d have to improv the whole thing.

Keep up with the blogging. Worst case scenario, do as Alain de Botton observes in his novel On Love: “It is always easier to quote others than to speak for oneself, easier to use Shakespeare or Sinatra than risk one’s own sore throat. Born into language, we necessarily adopt the use others have made of it, involving ourselves in a history that is not our own” (104).

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Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:44:49 +0000http://teadough.wordpress.com/?p=275#comment-7What kind of “inarticulate” are you? Constantly thinking of the right word? Or just a general feeling that you could find better words or more descriptive phrases if you tried harder?

Does speaking in public bother you (with or without a microphone, formally or informally).

yes & yes to answer your first question. i am constantly thinking of the correct / best adjectives to group together with their noun & verb counterparts but can never find the right grouping. 😦

speaking in public…it used to scare the pants off me years ago. i’ve gotten a bit better, but i can’t say the fear *doesn’t* exist…more just subsided a bit…

]]>Comment on My God, You’ve Got A Way… by sittingpugshttps://teadough.wordpress.com/2009/08/18/my-god-youve-got-a-way/#comment-6
Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:27:21 +0000http://teadough.wordpress.com/?p=275#comment-6there is a vulnerablity in being so articulate. a part of me wonders if i am actually afraid of being articulate because of that fact. i’m not really sure…but i’m dying to find out.

It’s one thing to possess such a vast vocabulary that one is never at a loss for words (spoken or written/typed). It’s another thing to possess a profound grasp of language that one is always able to express oneself.

Often times, the messages that have the most impact cannot be adequately put into the spoken or written word. And, you probably already know…Enter images. Add to that sounds. And the ordering of those images and sounds and you get mixed media!

Video art installation! and your audience can feel and understand you with a kind of intensity or clarity that might be missing from having just read a note or heard a monologue.

What kind of “inarticulate” are you? Constantly thinking of the right word? Or just a general feeling that you could find better words or more descriptive phrases if you tried harder?

Does speaking in public bother you (with or without a microphone, formally or informally).

]]>Comment on YesYesNo. by mousesurferhttps://teadough.wordpress.com/2009/08/17/yesyesno/#comment-5
Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:09:36 +0000http://teadough.wordpress.com/?p=247#comment-5You have a very nice blog. keep it up!

]]>Comment on And, I went live…kinda. by brihttps://teadough.wordpress.com/2009/08/04/and-i-went-live-kinda/#comment-4
Sun, 16 Aug 2009 05:45:46 +0000http://teadough.wordpress.com/?p=92#comment-4i love you.
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Sun, 16 Aug 2009 05:38:55 +0000#comment-3i love that you wrote/typed this.

these levels of perception, like peeling away at an onion or head of lettuce until we get to its core…the core of the moment or thought.

i think we ARE the time and space that we occupy and that in turn creates this idea of “world”. additionally, i think it takes the people, things, and events around us to unlock the doors to different realities. sometimes it takes just a simple statement to change the way a person thinks or perceives. other times, it might take a chain of events. our hearts are spoken with each tiny detail and global culmination of behavior exhibited.

you’ve peeked through my door, into my heart, and have made permanent imprints…little fingerprints, kisses filled with love, and full-on body pillow squeezes. for that, i thank you.